Wall & Melzack's Textbook of Pain Expert Consult - Online and Print

Contents NEUROBIOLOGY OF PAIN Peripheral Mechanisms of Cutaneous Nociception Molecular Biology of Sensory Transduction Inflammatory Mediators and Modulators of Pain Microglia: Critical Mediators of Pain Hypersensitivity After Peripheral Nerve Injury Neuroanatomical Substrates of Spinal Nociception Spinal Plasticity and Pain Representation of Pain in the Brain Central Nervous System Mechanisms of Pain Modulation Development of Pain Pathways and Mechanisms Genetics of Pain Animal Models of Pain Ascending Projection Systems Autonomic, Endocrine, and Immune Interactions in Acute and Chronic Pain Itch ASSESSMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN Gender Differences in Pain and Its Relief Epidemiology of Pain Emotion, Motivation, and Pain Cognitive and Learning Aspects Psychiatric Pain-Associated Comorbidities Studies of Pain in Human Subjects Pain Measurement in Adult Patients Pain in Older Persons Pain Assessment in Children Assessment of Pain Beliefs, Coping and Function Hypnotic Analgesia Addiction to Opioids for Treatment of Pain Placebo Analgesia PHARMACOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF PAIN Spinal Pharmacology of Nociceptive Transmission Methods of Therapeutic Trials Opioids: Basic Mechanisms Opioids: Clinical Use Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Basic Aspects Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Clinical Use Antidepressants: Clinical Anticonvulsants: Basic Anticonvulsants: Clinical Local Anaesthetic Blocks and Epidurals Cannabinoids Analgesic Drugs in Development Neurosurgical Approaches to the Treatment of Pain Spinal Cord and Brain Stimulation The Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Pain Management A Critical Appraisal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine CLINICAL STATES: DEEP SOMATIC TISSUE Joint Pain: Basic Mechanisms Basic Mechanisms of Muscle Pain Postoperative Pain and Its Management Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Myofascial Pain Syndrome Low Back Pain Non-Specific Arm Pain CLINICAL STATES: VISCERA Visceral Pain: Basic Mechanisms Thoracic Pain Abdominal Pain Genitourinary Pain Obstetric Pain CLINICAL STATES: HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN Trigeminal Mechanisms of Nociception Acute and Chronic Orofacial/Dental Pain Migraine and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias Tension-Type Headache Eye-related Pain CLINICAL STATES: NEUROPATHIC PAIN Nerve Response to Injury Animal Models of Experimental Neuropathic Pain Central Consequences of Peripheral Nerve Damage Phantom Limb Painful Peripheral Neuropathies Trigeminal and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury Central Pain Pharmacologic Therapy of Neuropathic Pain Surgery for Back and Neck Pain (including radiculopathies) CLINICAL STATES: CANCER PAIN Cancer Pain: Causes, Consequences, and Therapeutic Opportunities Cancer Pain Assessment and Syndromes Cancer Pain in Children: Analgesic Therapy and Palliative Care Cancer Pain: Treatment Overview Pain Control in the Care of the Dying